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Absu

Had ABSU drummer/vocalist/lyricist/driving-force Sir Proscriptor McGovern tried to pick up where the earlier incarnation of the band left off with 2001's "Tara", this self-titled resurrection would more than likely been one of the biggest letdowns of the year. Without the blackened thrash riffery of...

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ZAO: Another New Song Posted Online

Influential heavy music act ZAO has posted another new song, "Entropica", on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the group's new album, "Awake?", which is scheduled for release on May 5 via Ferret Music. The follow-up to 2006's "The Fear Is What Keeps Us Here" was recorded in Latrobe, Penns...

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TO/DIE/FOR Calls It Quits

Finnish gothic metallers TO/DIE/FOR have officially disbanded. Commented singer Jape Peratalo: "My nerves, stress level and life came to the point that I really need to get some rest and say goodbye for these stressful and still nice days with TO/DIE/FOR. "Since 2005, we have been through so many sh...

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Voice of Saturn

If an apocalyptically slow sludge band gets psychedelic on us, is it tuning in, turning on, or selling out? Something tells me Atlanta crunge merchants ZOROASTER won't be swimming in endorsement deals for adding piano and droney chant to "Seeing the Dark", but it does widen their sonic palette in a...

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The Severed Inception

This is what we call a good 'ole teeth rattler. On "The Severed Inception", Sweden's INEVITABLE END assaults the senses with a constant barrage of jackhammer drumming and ear melting riffage. The first seconds of the opening title track overwhelm with the kind of intensity one hears right off the ba...

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Orcustus

Danger is omnipresent on this mean little bitch; a menacing hooded figure around every corner and the smell of rotting flesh inflaming the nostrils. ORCUSTUS' self-titled effort is morbid, lethal, and black as pitch, just what a black metal album should be, especially a Norwegian black metal album....

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SEXTAPES Schedules Hollywood Date

SEXTAPES, the Hollywood, California-based band featuring GUNS N' ROSES keyboardist Chris Pitman on vocals and guitar synth, will perform at the Key Club in West Hollywood, California on April 20 with STEEL PANTHER. The show starts at 8:00 p.m. and SEXTAPES will hit the stage at 10:00 p.m. SEXTAPES r...

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Trailer For RUNNING WILD Tribute Album Available

A one-and-a-half-minute trailer for "ReUnation - A Tribute To Running Wild" — the upcoming tribute to German metal legends RUNNING WILD which will contain cover versions of songs exclusively from the albums "The Rivalry" (1998),"Victory" (2000),"The Brotherhood" (2002) and "Rogues En Vogue" (2005)...

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IMPELLITTERI Mainman Shoots YOUNG GUITAR Cover With Photographer NEIL ZLOZOWER

IMPELLITTERI mainman Chris Impellitteri is featured on the cover of Japan's Young Guitar magazine for the May 2009 issue (see image below). Impellitteri shot the cover photo with legendary photographer Neil Zlozower in Los Angeles. Neil also photographed the entire IMPELLITTERI band during the photo...

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DELAIN: 'April Rain' Lands On German Chart

"April Rain", the new album from DELAIN — the Dutch gothic rock/metal project founded by ex-WITHIN TEMPTATION keyboardist Martijn Westerholt (brother of WITHIN TEMPTATION's Robert Westerholt) — has entered the German Media Control chart at position No. 96. "April Rain" will be released in North Amer...

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Final Bands Announced For NEUROSIS' 'Beyond The Pale' Festival At ROADBURN

Long-running Oakland, California-based industrial/alternative/metal pioneers NEUROSIS and the organizers of Holland's Roadburn festival have announced that AMEN RA, NADJA, EUGENE S. ROBINSON and ZENI GEVA have been confirmed as the last four bands for the inaugural European version of NEUROSIS' accl...

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AMORPHIS: New Single Available For Streaming

Finnish dark metallers AMORPHIS will release a new single, "Silver Bride", in Finland on April 22. The "radio edit" version of the track is now available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The "Silver Bride" single will include the radio-edit and full-length album versions of the title cut al...

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TAD DOYLE Comments On SOUNDGARDEN Near-Reunion Performance

SOUNDGARDEN guitarist Kim Thayil, bassist Ben Shepherd, and drummer Matt Cameron performed together onstage for the first time in more than a decade on March 24, 209 at Seattle's Crocodile Cafe. The trio came out for a show on RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello's recent Justice Tour, for...

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DEF LEPPARD Frontman Performs With RICKY WARWICK In Dublin; Video Available

Irish songwriter and THE ALMIGHTY frontman Ricky Warwick was joined on stage at his April 5, 2009 show at Whelans in Dublin by Joe Elliott of DEF LEPPARD. They jammed on "Three Sides To Every Story" from Ricky's Joe Elliott-produced "Tattoos & Alibis" 2003 solo debut. Watch fan-filmed video foot...

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MISERY SPEAKS: 'Disciples Of Doom' Details Revealed

German melodic death metal outfit MISERY SPEAKS will release its third album, "Disciples of Doom", on April 24 via Drakkar Records. The follow-up to last year's "Catalogue of Carnage", marks the recording debut of the band's new singer, Przemek Golomb, who previously handled the vocal duties in SEVE...